Quote Originally Posted by powderburn
My buddy has one. It does fine with the speer 140's but when he tried various heavier bullets it didn't do so well. Not to mind as the 140's are ideal imho for the 7mm08.
Depending on when your buddy's rifle was made, it may have the 11.5" twist Savage used for 7-08 barrels for a couple of years. (Why? No one knows) Apparently they stabilize up to 140 gr standard jacketed lead core bullets ok but are marginal with anything heavier or with the longer all-copper or VLD configuration bullets.